Thônex
Thônex (French pronunciation: [tone]) is a municipality of the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland.It is situated in the east of the canton and shares a border with the French town of Ambilly.[3] Thônex has an area, as of 2009[update], of 3.84 square kilometers (1.48 sq mi).Of the rest of the land, 2.74 km2 (1.06 sq mi) or 71.4% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.05 km2 (12 acres) or 1.3% is either rivers or lakes.[4] The municipality of Thônex consists of the sub-sections or villages of Belle-Idée, Les Sillons, Communaux d'Ambilly, Le Foron, Pierre-à-Bochet, Moillesulaz, Deux-Communes, Adrien-JEANDIN, Sous-Moulin - Les Verchères, Thônex - église, Villette.[9] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (9,626 or 79.3%), with German being second most common (483 or 4.0%) and Portuguese being third (474 or 3.9%).At the last municipal elections which took place in the spring of 2007, foreigners residing in the Canton of Geneva for eight years or more could vote.In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 24.02% of the vote.In the federal election, a total of 3,391 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 49.1%.[15] In the 2009 Grand Conseil election, there were a total of 7,039 registered voters of which 2,932 (41.7%) voted.In the tertiary sector; 280 or 9.1% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 42 or 1.4% were in the movement and storage of goods, 110 or 3.6% were in a hotel or restaurant, 57 or 1.9% were in the information industry, 43 or 1.4% were the insurance or financial industry, 248 or 8.1% were technical professionals or scientists, 231 or 7.5% were in education and 1,688 or 54.9% were in health care.[9] From the 2000 census[update], 5,154 or 42.5% were Roman Catholic, while 2,156 or 17.8% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.The education system in the Canton of Geneva allows young children to attend two years of non-obligatory Kindergarten.The canton's school system provides two years of non-mandatory kindergarten and requires students to attend six years of primary school, with some of the children attending smaller, specialized classes.
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